"Smach Z is Back!" ...?

[kev_os]

http://www.smachz.com/newsletter/date.2016-07-17/

Did they see a profitable market now that there's more competition?

 

[lukey]

Looks like Investors are throwing around with Money lately.

 

[EvilDragon]

Haha, awesome
Someone want to throw a few 100k EUR to me too?

 

[ingoreis]

Nice but its a Idea for maybe a new Coding Competition?

 

[Alperoot]

This thread is needless. We already have PGS now, and we don't need anything else.
In fact, why even Pyra forums are still alive?

 

[DougOnEarth]

This thread is needless. We already have PGS now, and we don't need anything else.
In fact, why even Pyra forums are still alive?

Someone is a trollin'

 

[FBnil]

Now that the Chromebook can run wine, thus steam, it will be another competitor.

http://alterslash.org/#article-9394563

The only thing I like about the SmachZ is that it chose AMD, so Intel does not get too much monopoly...

 

[comradekingu]

Looks quite interesting and doable as a games-console, or even just the controller/screen. Is it still an attempted handheld?

 

[ekianjo]

Now that the Chromebook can run wine, thus steam, it will be another competitor.

http://alterslash.org/#article-9394563

The only thing I like about the SmachZ is that it chose AMD, so Intel does not get too much monopoly...

How is a computer with a keyboard a competitor to a machine with actual gaming controls?
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Looks quite interesting and doable as a games-console, or even just the controller/screen. Is it still an attempted handheld?

yeah its still the case as you can see from the pictures in the linked article.

 

[rygD]

How is a computer with a keyboard a competitor to a machine with actual gaming controls?

That is what I ask whenever I use my Pandora.

 

[WizardStan]

Haha, awesome
Someone want to throw a few 100k EUR to me too?

I do! I do!
I don't HAVE 100k (EUR or otherwise) but I want to throw it at you all the same

 

[vcoleiro1]

Looks like Curve had a look at the Smach Z prototype at Gamescom. German publication

https://curved.de/reviews/smach-z-im-hands-on-der-gameboy-fuer-steam-spiele-mit-video-403227

 

[Klumpen]

Wow, quite a brick and the framerate is terrible.
...and why would one install Windows 10 on it?

 

[ible]

why is the framerate that bad? steamOS shouldn't be too hungry...

 

[EvilDragon]

Heh - the GPD WIn is better for that. I should tell them to come visit my booth
[doublepost=1471529973,1471521617][/doublepost].. and the lady who made the Smach-Z review is coming to our booth tomorrow

 

[Grench]

That thing looks gigantic. Maybe the person holding it simply has small hands, but does anyone know the measurements HWL of that device?

 

[fusion_power]

Looks like Curve had a look at the Smach Z prototype at Gamescom. German publication

https://curved.de/reviews/smach-z-im-hands-on-der-gameboy-fuer-steam-spiele-mit-video-403227

Atari LYNX, anyone?

 

[directive0]

At least the Lynx was ambi-dextrous. I'm not sure what positives this device has.

 

[Christoph.Krn]

The German-language article that @vcoleiro1 has linked to claims that the device will be made smaller, particularily thinner, so there's that.

 

[Fzero]

That thing looks gigantic. Maybe the person holding it simply has small hands, but does anyone know the measurements HWL of that device?

I don't think it's worth noting that anyway at this point.
I'm on their mailing list, and remember getting an email fairly recently, a week or so perhaps, and they stated that the screen size isn't even determined yet - and they're asking [us all] to comment on what size screen we'd like the final model to be.
So with that in mind, it could change in size quite a bit eh, as might get a 5", 7", 8" [who knows what size?] screen